The March 6 edition of “WWE SmackDown” saw a decrease in viewership, despite the advertised foremost event that pit Cody Rhodes against Drew McIntyre for the Undisputed WWE Championship. The show was number two for the night on cable, nonetheless, and viewers saw Rhodes emerge victorious from the bout to move into WrestleMania 42 as champion.
In line with Wrestlenomics, with data from Programming Insider, the March 6 episode of the blue brand drew a mean of 1.90 million viewers, a 14 percent decrease from the previous week’s 1.379 million viewers. The episode earned a 0.27 rating within the ever-important ages 18-49 demographic, a 21 percent decrease from the previous week’s 0.34 rating.
The typical viewership for the March 6 episode of “SmackDown” was down 22 percent in comparison with this time last yr, which saw a mean of 1.53 million viewers. The typical rating was also down in comparison with March 2025, by 41 percent, when the common rating was 0.46.
The foremost event of “SmackDown” saw Rhodes taken on McIntyre for the title in a match announced by General Manager Nick Aldis following Elimination Chamber. McIntyre interfered within the match, costing Rhodes his opportunity, and now, it’ll be the brand new champion to tackle Randy Orton on “The Grandest Stage of The All.”
Elsewhere on the show, Carmelo Hayes was successful yet again in his United States Championship open challenge when he defeated AAA’s El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss were successful in a match against Giulia and Kiana James, and Damian Priest and R-Truth became the brand new primary contenders to the WWE Tag Team Championships after winning a tag team turmoil gauntlet match.